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Label |
DC.Contributor |
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Definition |
An entity responsible for making a contribution to the content of the resource. |
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Purpose |
Useful if needed to identify an entity that has played an important but secondary role and where searching on that entity may be useful in discovering the resource. |
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Obligation |
Recommended |
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Qualifiers |
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Encoding Scheme |
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Examples |
<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="MacCabe, Fergal"> |
Used to identify an entity that has played an important but secondary role in creating the content of the resource and is not specified in the Creator element.
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Recommendation: Only use if the entity’s contribution is significant and where searching on the entity may be useful in discovering the resource. |
If more than one entity has contributed to the intellectual content of the document/resource and requires inclusion, repeat the use of the DC.Contributor element.
If a (corporate) entity, the entry should indicate, where appropriate, the larger organisation and any division or section of which the creator is a part. The format is as follows;
[Top-level organisation name]. [Main sub-section]. [Unit responsible]
(Note the period separator and use of space)
Examples:
<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Department of Public Enterprise. Human Resources Unit">
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<meta name="DC.Contributor" content="Human Resources Unit, Department of Public Enterprise">
Personal names should be listed surname first, followed by forename.